#ADB233#ADB233

#ADB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.145 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB233
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -17.27, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 63.00, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0535 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.145 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7526, 40.9649, 9.2603)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB233 #3833B2

analogous

#B27733 #ADB233 #6EB233

triadic

#ADB233 #33ADB2 #B233AD

tetradic

#ADB233 #33B277 #3833B2 #B2336E

square

#ADB233 #33B277 #3833B2 #B2336E

split-complementary

#ADB233 #336EB2 #7733B2

monochromatic

#515318 #7F8225 #ADB233 #C9CE54 #D8DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ADB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB233

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB233	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.145 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c873',
    500: '#adb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb233;
$custom-light: #c9c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB233

secondary

#7F7CC5

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB233

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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